In my previous article, I have appreciated the poems of many celebrities, and some careful friends have found that Liu Yong's words "Fengqi Wu" are very similar to "Butterfly Love Flowers" in terms of format and rhythm, so I asked, why do words in the same format have different word brand names?
Today, I will briefly describe the evolution of the name of "Butterfly Love Flower".
I. "Butterfly Love Flower" originated from "Magpie Ta Branch"
Relatively speaking, from ancient times to the present, there are quite a few outstanding songs in the name of "Butterfly Love Flower", and there are "butterflies" and "flowers" in the name of this word, and butterflies love flowers, which give people a very rich sense of picture, and poetry lovers are more familiar with and love it.
However, the earliest name of "Butterfly Love Flower" is "Magpie Tread branch". "Que Ta Zhi" was originally one of the Tang Jiaofang songs, that is, the Tang Dynasty court music, which was specially used for the royal family and a small number of high-ranking officials to enjoy when they held banquets, and it was impossible for folk and ordinary families to hear such songs.
However, since it is a songwriter, it will inevitably be sung, and "Magpie Ta Zhi" is deeply loved by the audience because of its melodious melody and poignant and feminine style. At first, it was still sung within the court and among scholars, and later gradually spread to the people. Not only can you always hear the melody of this word song in the box bar, but ordinary people often hum it, and the literati and inkers have filled in the words and joined the ranks of promoting "Magpie Ta Zhi".
There are also many classic songs named after "Que Ta Zhi", such as Feng Yanwei's "Que Ta Zhi • Courtyard Deep And Deep", which is a classic in the classic:
The courtyard is a little deeper, the willows are piled with smoke, and the curtains are heavy. Yule carved saddle you smelting place, the height of the building does not see Zhangtai Road.
Rain and winds frantically in the twilight of March, the door covers the dusk, and there is no way to stay in the spring. Tearful eyes asked Hua Hua without saying a word, and the red flew over the swing.
This poem is written on the scene, the next is described, through layers of rendering, a boudoir spring grievance picture is depicted beautifully and movingly, almost every sentence in the word is a famous sentence, and the posterity casually quotes a sentence, all full of profound meaning.
Many people think that this word was composed by Ouyang Xiu. In fact, although this poem is included in Ouyang Xiu's collection of words", "Near Body Music House", it is not his original. The original author of this poem is Feng Yanwei, which was first included in the "Yangchun Collection" compiled by Chen Shixiu in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the name of the word is "Que Ta Zhi".
In terms of poetry, Ouyang Xiu was a die-hard fan of Feng Yanmi, and he often copied Feng Yanmi's words first, and then copied a poem of his own underneath it. Later generations did not know it, nor did they consider the provenance of the poems, and all of Ouyang Xiu's manuscripts were included in the "Near Body Music House", and the word was placed in the name of "Butterfly Love Flower" according to the popular name at that time. Feng Yanshu was a native of the Southern Tang Dynasty, closer to the Tang Dynasty, and the words he wrote were more in line with common sense.
Second, which song does "Butterfly Love Flower" originate from?
Regarding the origin of the word "Butterfly Love Flower", ancient and modern scholars have their own views. The most recognized is a poem from the Southern Dynasty Liang Yuan Emperor:
The butterfly loves flowers, and Rong Huafei meets and greets.
Who's total corner of the wrong way, cut red dot green sad people's hearts.
Skylights linger, beaded curtains and jade mirrors.
Poor years of thirteen or fourteen, gong song and dance into people's minds.
The sun is falling in the west, and the two know each other with emotion.
But this statement is obviously somewhat untenable, although the word "butterfly love flower" does appear in this poem, but it is first and foremost a poem, which is far from the format of the word; secondly, this poem was composed by the Liang Yuan Emperor of the Southern Dynasty, more than a hundred years before the Tang Dynasty", which appeared more than a hundred years earlier than the time of the Tang Dynasty's "Que Ta Zhi".
Later, after detailed arguments by experts, it was believed that Li Yu's poem "Yaoye Tinggao Idle Walk" by Li Yu, the lord of the Southern Tang Dynasty, was the first poem named after "Butterfly Love Flower":
At night, Tinggao strolled idly, passing through the qingming at first, and feeling hurting the spring twilight early. A few rains and winds, hazy moon clouds come and go.
Tao Li Yi Chun darkness, who was on the swing, laughing and whispering. There are thousands of hearts, and there is no place for arrangement in the world.
This song is also a sad spring song, which is very much in line with Li Yu's psychological state during the period of house arrest, his heart is not only full of thoughts about his homeland, but also laments the greatness of the world, but there is no place for himself, and the saddest thing is this.
This kind of mood is really like "butterfly love flower", one has feelings, one is unintentional, although it is close at hand, it is like the end of the world. Using this poignant and picture-like name as a word name is indeed Li Yu's painting style.
Third, the name of the word "Butterfly Loves Flowers" changes with the words
From the above description, I believe everyone has understood that the same format of the song will have multiple word names, which is determined according to the author's own preferences and the content of the word, and is not rigid in having to use a name according to the habits of the ancients.
Therefore, there are many names for words in the same format as "Butterfly Love Flower", in addition to "Que Ta Zhi", the common ones are "Fengqi Wu", "Rolling Bead Curtain", "Linjiang Immortal" and so on. Among them, the origin of "Fengqi wu" is also very interesting, some people think that the initiator of "Fengqi Wu" is He Zhu of the Northern Song Dynasty, but according to research, it should be Liu Yong.
Liu Yong had a talented name as a teenager, and when he was 12 years old, he and his father attended a banquet for a famous man in the capital city. At the banquet, the concubines of the famous people performed songs and dances to help entertain. This singer is not only beautiful and moving, but also can sing and dance, so that all the guests present are intoxicated and compose lyrics and praises.
Liu Yong was young, and the guests present did not take him seriously, but he also volunteered to stand up and chant a poem:
Inside the curtain song curtain outside the banquet. Although I love the new sound, I don't see it like a flower. The tooth plate knocked a string of beads, and the beam dust fell into the glass cup.
The tung tree flowers are deeply lonely and bitter. Gradually curb the distant sky, do not let the clouds disperse. Sitting on the teenager was not accustomed to listening, Yushan did not fall before the intestines were broken.
This poem quotes many classics such as "knocking beads", "liang dust falling", "jade mountain falling" and so on, and the words are elegant and stylish, which makes people feel endlessly evocative.
What's even better is that Liu Yong not only writes well, but also is proficient in musical rhythms, and his words are very closely consistent with the five-tone and six-tone rhythm of the song, light and heavy and clear. The host family is also an expert in songwriting, and he quickly let Ge Ji sing Liu Yong's words with the music, which is really a lingering sound, which makes people mesmerized.
The guests were very surprised by Liu Yong's talent, and praised them one after another, but the host family slightly moaned, saying: "Words are good words, that is, can the name be changed?" ”
Originally, the owner was dissatisfied with this song whether it was called "Magpie TaZhi" or "Butterfly Love Flower", because "Que Ta Zhi" was a bit suspicious of "spoiling" flowers and trees, and "Butterfly Love Flower" was a bit upside down, and the owner obviously did not want people to feel that they were wasting or pasting it upside down on his concubine.
Liu Yong smiled slightly and said, "Since ancient times, the song has changed with the name, I think this song is called 'Fengqi Wu'!" ”
"Fengqi Wu" compares the concubine to the phoenix, the master's family to the burly plane tree, the phoenix only finds the plane tree to perch, this name is very in line with the identity and status of the host family. Hearing Liu Yong's explanation, the host family smiled with satisfaction and frequently praised Liu Yong for his talent.
From this, we can draw the following point of view:
First, words in the same format do not have only one word name, but can be named according to the author's own preferences and the content of the poem.
Second, "Butterfly Love Flower" was first evolved from the Tang Dynasty teaching song "Que Ta Zhi", and later evolved into "Fengqi Wu", "Linjiang Xian" and other word brand names.
Third, Li Yu is the initiator of "Butterfly Love Flower", and Liu Yong is the initiator of "Fengqi Wu".